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Al-Kahf 12

Ayah 12 of 110 · Meccan

ثُمَّ بَعَثۡنَٰهُمۡ لِنَعۡلَمَ أَيُّ ٱلۡحِزۡبَيۡنِ أَحۡصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓاْ أَمَدٗا ١٢

Then We awakened them that We might show which of the two factions was most precise in calculating what [extent] they had remained in time.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ثُمَّThenthumma
  2. بَعَثۡنَٰهُمۡWe raised them upbaʿathnāhum
  3. لِنَعۡلَمَthat We make evidentlinaʿlama
  4. أَيُّwhichayyu
  5. ٱلۡحِزۡبَيۡنِ(of) the two partiesl-ḥiz'bayni
  6. أَحۡصَىٰbest calculatedaḥṣā
  7. لِمَاfor whatlimā
  8. لَبِثُوٓاْ(they had) remainedlabithū
  9. أَمَدٗا(in) timeamadan

Tafsir

Then after their lengthy sleep I woke them up to demonstrate which of the two groups disputing their duration of stay in the cave knows this duration best.

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